The Menards NHRA Nationals Constant Aviation Factory Stock Showdown No. 1 qualifier John Cerbone drove his Saw Mill Auto Chevrolet COPO Camaro to victory at Heartland Motorsports Park in Topeka. The Yorkton Heights, New York, resident defeated Jesse Alexandra, Arthur Kohn, Aaron Stanfield and Leah Pruett.
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Austin Williams now has 15 national event titles and six of them have come in Topeka. Paired with reigning world champ Christopher Dodd in the final round, Williams grabbed a narrow 8.944 to 8.947 victory to move into the Top 10 in the battle for the Lucas Oil Series title. Williams also won the first leg of the recent Division 5 doubleheader event in Topeka.
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The Super Gas class featured a first-time winner in Collin Becker, who drove a very consistent race that culminated with a final-round win against Jarron Miller, who left five-thousandths of a second too soon. Becker, in his ’67 Camaro, would have been tough to beat with a final-round package that included a .014 light and a 9.901.
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Danny Nelson won for the sixth time at a national event when he defeated Prescott Dean in the final. Nelson was sharp on both ends of the track with a .002 light and a 6.124 against his 6.10 dial, and Dean was just a thousandth of a second behind with a 6.351 on his 6.34 dial. With the win, Nelson has moved into second place behind current leader Bertozzi.
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Stock winner Chris Knudsen won his second national event title behind the wheel of his manually-shifted Camaro and in the process turned in one of the best driving performances in recent memory. Knudsen kicked off eliminations with a perfect .000 reaction time and also had lights of .004, .005, .004, and a .009 in the final against Randi Lyn Shipp, who fouled by .018-second.
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